Center for Neotectonic Studies
CNS Publications
  1. Wesnousky, S.G. and B. Sion (2023), Lake Wellington and West Walker River in Great Basin of Western United States: History and Genesis, Journal of Quaternary Science XX, submitted for consideration of publication (PDF)
  2. Wesnousky, S.G. (2023), Quaternary Map, Active Faulting, Tectonic Geomorphology, and Uplift Rate of the Humboldt Range in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada, United States, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 113, 3, 1356-1365, doi: 10.1785/0120220201 (PDF) (Suppl. Material)
  3. Pierce*, I.K., S.G. Wesnousky, Saha, S., Moon, S. (2022), Testing the synchronicity of splay-fault ruptures in Carson Valley, Nevada, USA, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 112, 2, 704-713. (PDF)
  4. Wesnousky, S.G. (2022), Brief history of paleoseismology and reminder of hazard posed by great earthquakes along the Himalyan Arc, Himalayan Geology, 43 (1B) 281-286 (PDF)
  5. Wesnousky, S. G. (2022), Paleoearthquake magnitude detection limit along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust, submitted for consideration of review, Valdiya Volume of Journal of Himalayan Geology, rejected without consideration of external review. (PDF)
  6. Anderson, J. G., G.B. Biasi, S. A.Angster, and S. G. Wesnousky (2021), Improved scaling relationships for seismic moment and average slip of strike-slip earthquakes incorporating fault slip rate, fault width and stress drop, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, v. 111 no. 5, 2379-2392 (PDF)
  7. Biasi, G. P. and S. G. Wesnousky (2021), Rupture passing probabilities at fault bends and steps, with application to rupture length probabilities for earthquake early warning, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 111 (4) 2235-2247. (PDF)
  8. Wesnousky, S.G. (2021), Seismotectonic Snapshots: The 18 March Mw 5.7 Magna, 31 March Mw 6.5 Stanley, and 15 May Mw 6.5 Monte Cristo Intermountain West earthquakes of 2020, Seismological Research Letters, 92 (2A), 755-772. (PDF)
  9. *Pierce, I., S. G. Wesnousky, L. A. Owen, L. Xinnan, and M. Caffee, (2021), Accommodation of plate motion in an incipient strike-slip system: the Central Walker Lane, Tectonics, 40 (2), e2019TC005612. https:// doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005612 (PDF)
  10. Dee, S, R.D. Koehler and many others, (2021), Surface Rupture Map of the 2020 M 6.5 Monte Cristo Range earthquake, Esmeralda and Mineral counties, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 190 (PDF)
  11. *Angster, S. A., S. G. Wesnousky, P. Figueredo, L. A. Owen, and T. Sawyer (2020), Characterizing strain between rigid crustal blocks in the southern Cascadia forearc: Quaternary faults and folds of the northern Sacramento Valley, California, Geology, 49, p. , https://doi.org/10.1130/G48114.1 (PDF)
  12. Wesnousky, S.G. (2020), Great pending Himalaya earthquakes, Seismological Research Letters, 91, no. 6 p. 3334-3342. (PDF)
  13. Wesnousky, S.G. and L. A. Owen (2020), Development of the Truckee River terraces on the northeastern flank of the Sierra Nevada, Geomorphology, 370, https://doi.org10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107399 (PDF) (Suppl)
  14. Anderson, J. G., Koehler, R.D. and many others,(2019) A seismic hazards overview of the urban regions of Nevada: Recent advancements and research directions, Seismological Research Letters, 90, 4, 1577-1583. (PDF)
  15. *Angster, S. A., S. G. Wesnousky, P. Figueiredo, L. A. Owen, S. Hammer (2019), Late Quaternary slip rates for faults of the Central Walker Lane: Spatiotemporal strain release in a strike-slip fault system, Geosphere, v. 15, no. 5, p. 1460–1478, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02088.1 (PDF)
  16. Wesnousky, S. G., Y. Kumahara, T. Nakata, D. Chamlagain, and P. Neupane (2019), Large Himalayan frontal thrust paleoearthquake at Khayarmara in eastern Nepal, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 174, May, 346-351. (PDF) (Suppl. Material)
  17. Perez, O.P., Wesnousky, S. G., De La Rosa, R., Marquez, J., Uzcatequi, R., Qintero, C. Liberal, L., Mora-Paez, H., and W. Szeliga (2018), On the interaction of the North Andes Plate with the Caribbean and South American Plates in northwestern South America from GPS geodesy and seismic data, Geophysical Journal International, 214,1986-2001 (PDF)
  18. Wesnousky, S. G., Y. Kumahara, T. Nakata, D. Chamlagain, and P. Neupane (2018), New observations disagree with previous interpretations of surface rupture along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust during the great 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GL077035 (PDF) (Suppl. Material)
  19. *Pierce, I. K., S. G., Wesnousky, and L. A. Owen, (2017), Terrestrial cosmogenic surface exposure dating of moraines at Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada, California, and slip rate estimate for the West Tahoe Fault, Geomorphology, 298, 63-71. (PDF)
  20. Wesnousky, S. G., Y. Kumahara, D. Chamlagain, I. K. Pierce, T. Reedy, S. J. Angster, and B. Giri, (2017), Large paleoearthquake timing and displacement near Damak in eastern Nepal on the Himalayan Frontal Thrust, Geophy. Res. Lett., 44, 8219-8226. (PDF) (Supplementary Information)
  21. *Li, X., Huang, W., Pierce, K. D., Angster, S. J., and S. G. Wesnousky (2017) Characterizing the Quaternary expression of active faulting along the Olinghouse, Carson, and Wabuska lineaments of the Walker Lane, Geosphere, Geosphere, v. 13, no. 6 doi:10.1130/GES01483.1 (PDF)
  22. Biasi, G., and S. G. Wesnousky (2017) Bends and ends of surface ruptures, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107, 6, 2543-2560 (PDF) (Suppl).
  23. Anderson, J.G., Biasi, B. and S. G. Wesnousky (2017) Fault scaling relationships depend on average geological slip rate, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107, 6, 2561-2577 (PDF) (Suppl. Material)
  24. *Li, X., Li, C., Zhang, P., Wesnousky, S.G., Zheng, W. Wang, X., and K. D. Pierce (2017) Paleoseismology and slip rate of the Western Tianjingshan Fault of NE Tibet, China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 146, 304-316.(PDF)
  25. Sahakian, V., Borman, J., Driscoll, N., Harding, A., Kent, G., and S. G. Wesnousky (2017), Imaging and mapping of the Newport Inglewood Rose Canyon Fault: Implications for the magnitude and length of future earthquake ruptures, Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, 2085–2105, doi:10.1002/2016JB013467. (PDF)
  26. Wesnousky, S.G., Y. Kumahara, D. Chamlagain, I. Pierce, A. Karki, and D. Gautam (2017), Geological observations on large earthquakes along the Himalayan Frontal Fault near Kathmandu, Nepal, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 457, 366-375. (PDF) (Suppl. Material)
  27. *Pierce, K. D., and S. G. Wesnousky (2016) Pierce, I., and S. G. Wesnousky (2016), On a flawed conclusion that the 1255 A.D. earthquake ruptured 800 km of the Himalayan Frontal Thrust east of Kathmandu, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL070426. (PDF) (Suppl. Material) (Reviews).
  28. Wesnousky, S.G., R. W. Briggs, M. Caffee, R. Ryerson, R. Finkel, and L. A. Owen (2016), Terrestrial cosmogenic surface exposure dating of glacial and associated landforms in the Ruby Mountains of Central Nevada and along the northeastern flank of the Sierra Nevada, Geomorphology, 268, 72-81, 2016 (PDF)
  29. Biasi, G. P. and S. G. Wesnousky (2016), Steps and Gaps in Ground Ruptures: Empirical Bounds on Rupture Propagation, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 106, 3, 106, 3, 1110-1124. (PDF)
  30. Wesnousky, S. G. (2016), Biggest Little Contributions, Seismological Research Letters, 87 (28), 397-400, 2016. (PDF)
  31. *Angster, S., Wesnousky, S. G., Huang, W., Kent, G., Nakata, T., and H. Goto, (2016), Application of UAV Photography to Refining the Slip Rate on the Pyramid Lake Fault Zone, Nevada, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 106, 785–798, April 2016, doi: 10.1785/0120150144. (PDF)
  32. *Angster, S., E. J. Fielding, Wesnousky, S. G., Pierce, I., Chamlagain,D., Gautam, D., Upreti, B. N., Kumahara, Y., Nakata, T., (2015), Field Reconnaissance after the 25 April 2015 M 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake, Seismological Research Letters, 86, 6, 1506-1513, 2015. (PDF)
  33. *Dong, S., G. Ucarkus, S. G. Wesnousky, J. Maloney, G. Kent, N. Driscoll, and R. Baskin, (2014), Strike-slip faulting along the Wassuk Range of the northern Walker Lane, Nevada, Geosphere, 10, 1, 40-48, 2015. (PDF)
  34. *Briggs, R. W., S. G. Wesnousky, J. N. Brune, M. D. Purvance, and S. A. Mahan (2012), Low footwall accelerations and variable surface rupture behavior on the Fort Sage Mountains fault, NE California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 103, 1, 157-168 (PDF)
  35. *Bormann, J. M., B. E. Surpless, M.W. Caffee, and S. G. Wesnousky (2012), Holocene earthquakes and late Pleistocene slip rate estimates on the Wassuk Range fault zone, Nevada, USA, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102, 4, 1884-1891 (PDF)
  36. Wesnousky, S. G., Bormann, J. M., Kreemer, C., Hammond, W. C., and J. N. Brune (2012), Neotectonics, Geodesy, Seismic Hazard in the northern Walker Lane of Western North America: Thirty kilometers of crustal shear and no strike-slip? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 329-330, 133-140, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.02.018. (PDF)
  37. Wesnousky, S.G., Aranguren, R., Rengifo, M., Owen, L.A., Caffee, M.W., Murari, M.K., Pérez, O.J. (2012), Toward quantifying geomorphic rates of crustal displacement, landscape development, and the age of glaciation in the Venezuelan Andes. Geomorphology, 141-142, 99-113. (PDF)
  38. Jayangondaperumal, R. S. G. Wesnousky, and B. K. Chaudhari (2011), Near-surface expression of early to late Holocene displacement along the northeastern Himalayan frontal thrust at Marbang Korong Creek,Arunachal Pradesh, India, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 101, 6, 3060-3064. 2011 (PDF)
  39. *Sarmiento, A. C., S. G. Wesnousky, and J. M. Bormann (2011), Paleoseismic trenches across the Carson and Sierra Nevada rangefronts in Antelope Valley, California and Reno, Nevada, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101, 2542-2549, doi: 10.1785/0120100176 (PDF)
  40. Wesnousky, S. G. and G. P. Biasi (2011), The length to which an earthquake will go to rupture, Bulletin of the Seismological Scoeity of America, 101, 1948-1950, doi: 10.1785/0120110013 ( PDF)
  41. Wesnousky, S. G. and M. W. Caffee (2011), Rangebounding normal fault of Smith Valley, Nevada: Limits on age of last surface rupture earthquake and late Pleistocene rate of displacement, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101, 1431-1437, doi: 10.1785/0120100238 (PDF)
  42. Lozos, J. Z., D. D. Oglesby, B. Duan, and S. G. Wesnousky (2011), The Effects of Double Fault Bends on Rupture Propagation: A Geometrical Parameter Study, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101, 385–398, doi: 10.1785/0120100029 (PDF)
  43. *Koehler, R. D. and S. G. Wesnousky (2011), Late Pleistocene regional extension rate derived from earthquake geology of late Quaternary faults across the Great Basin, Nevada, between 38.5° and 40°N latitude, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America Bulletin, 123, 631-650, doi: 10.1130/30111.1. (PDF)
  44. **Kumar, S., S. G. Wesnousky, R. Jayangondaperumal, T. Nakata, Y. Kumahara, and V. Singh, (2010), Paleoseismological evidence of surface faulting along the northeastern Himalayan front, India; timing, size, and spatial extent of great earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115. Article Number B12422, doi:10.1029/2009JB006789 (PDF - 1.5 MB)
  45. Wesnousky, S. G. (2010), Biases in the estimation of earthquake recurrence and seismic hazard from geologic data, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100, 5a, 2287-2292. (PDF)
  46. Jayangondaperumal, R., Dubey, A. K., Kumar, S. Wesnousky, S. G., and S. J. Sangode (2010), Magnetic fabrics indicating the Late Quaternary seismicity in the Himalayan foothills, Int. J. earth. Sci. (Geol Rundsch), v. 99, Speical Issue: Sp.Iss. SI Suppl. 1. S265-S278. DOI 10.1007/s00531-009-0494-5. (PDF- 1 MB)
  47. Kondo, H., T. Nakata, S. S. Akhtar, S. G. Wesnousky, N. Sugito, H. Kaneda, A. M. Khan, H. Tsutsumi, W. Khattak, A. B. Kausar (2008), Long recurrence interval of faulting beyond the 2005 Kashmir earthquake around the northwestern margin of the Indo-Asian collision zone, GEOLOGY, 36, 731-734. (PDF - 8.4 MB)
  48. *Turner, R., Koehler, R., Briggs, R. W., and S. G. Wesnousky (2008), Paleoseismic and slip-rate observations along the Honey Lake fault zone, northeastern California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98, 4, 1730-1736. (PDF - 0.7 MB)
  49. Shaw, B. and S. G. Wesnousky (2008), Slip-Length Scaling in large earthquakes: The role of deep penetrating slip below the seismogenic layer, Bulletin of the Bulletin on the Seismological Society of America, 98, 4, 1633-1641. (PDF - 0.3 MB)
  50. Kaneda H., T. Nakata, H. Tsutsumi, H. Kondo, N. Sugito, Y. Awata, S. S. Akhtar, A. Majid, W. Khattak, A. A. Awan, R. S. Yeats, A. H., M. Ashraf, S. G. Wesnousky, and A. B. Kausar (2008), Surface rupture of the 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan, earthquake, and its active tectonic implications, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98, 521-557. (PDF - 4.9 MB)
  51. Hillers, G. and S. G. Wesnousky (2008), Scaling Relations of Strike Slip Earthquakes With Different Slip Rate Dependent Properties at Depth, Bulletin of the Bulletin on the Seismological Society of America, 98, 3, 1085-1101. (PDF - 5 MB)
  52. Wesnousky, S. G., (2008), Displacement and geometrical characteristics of earthquake surface ruptures: Issues and implications for seismic hazard analysis and the earthquake rupture process, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98, 4, 1609-1632. (PDF - 4.5 MB)
    Electronic Supplements: http://www.seismosoc.org/publications/BSSA_html/bssa_98-4/2007111-esupp/index.html )
  53. Jayangondaperumal, R., Kumar, S., Wesnousky, S. G., Mahajan, A.K., gupta, V. Arora, B. R. and Suresh, N. (2008), Late Pleistocene activity of intrabasinal Bhauwala Thrust, Dehra Dun, NW Himalaya, Himalayan Geology, 29, 3, 36-38. (PDF)
  54. King, G.C.P. and S. G. Wesnousky, (2007), Scaling of earthquake fault parameters for continental strike-slip earthquakes, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 97, 1833-1840, doi: 10.1785/0120070048 (PDF - 0.6 MB)
  55. Bills, B. G., Adams*, K. A., Wesnousky, S. G. (2007), Viscosity structure of the crust and upper mantle in western Nevada from isostatic rebound patterns of Lake Lahontan shorelines, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B06405, doi:10.1029/2005JB003941. (PDF - 1.7MB)
  56. Wesnousky, S. G. (2006), Predicting the endpoints of earthquake ruptures, Nature, 444, 358-360, doi:10.1038/nature0525) (PDF - 0.23 MB) (accompanying discussion)
  57. Kumar*, S., Wesnousky, S. G., Rockwell, T. K., Briggs, R. W., Thakur, V. C., and R. Jayangondaperumal (2006), Paleoseismic evidence of great surface-rupture earthquakes along the Indian Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2004JB003309. (PDF - 7.6 MB)
  58. Wesnousky, S. G., Barron*, A. D., Briggs*, R. W., Caskey**, S. J., Kumar*, S. and L. Owen (2005), Paleoseismic transect across the northern Great Basin, USA, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, B05408, doi:10.1029/2004JB003283. (PDF - 2.0 MB)
  59. Wesnousky, S. G. (2005), The San Andreas and Walker Lane fault systems, western North America: transpression, transtension, cumulative slip and the structural evolution of a major transform plate boundary (2005), Journal of Structural Geology, 27, 1505-1512. (PDF - 1.1 MB)
  60. Wesnousky, S. G. (2005), Active faulting in the Walker Lane, Tectonics, 24, TC3009, doi:10.1029/2004TC001645 (PDF - 3.4 MB)
  61. *Briggs, R. W., Wesnousky, S. G., and K. D. Adams (2005), Late Pleistocene and late Holocene lake highstands in the Pyramid Lake subbasin of Lake Lahontan, Nevada, USA, Quaternary Research 64, 27-263. (PDF - 14.6 MB)
  62. *Briggs, R. W. and S. G. Wesnousky (2005), Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoearthquake activity of the Olinghouse fault zone, Nevada, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 95, 1301-1313. (PDF - 1.1 MB)
  63. *Briggs, R. W., and S. G. Wesnousky (2004), Late-Pleistocene fault slip rate, earthquake recurrence, and recency of slip along the Pyramid Lake fault, northern Walker Lane belt, USA, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002717. (PDF - 1.0 MB)
  64. *Caskey, S. J., Bell, J., Wesnousky, S. G., Ramelli, A.R. (2004), Historic surface faulting and paleoseismicity in the area of the 1954 Rainbow Mountain – Stillwater earthquake sequence, Central Nevada, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94, 1255-1275. (PDF - 13.7MB)
  65. Wesnousky, S. G. and C. H. Willoughby (2003) Neotectonic Note: The Ruby-East Humboldt Range, Northeastern Nevada, USA, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 93, 1345-1354. (PDF - 7.4MB)
  66. Stirling, M. W., Anooshepoor, A., Brune, J. N., Biasi, G., and S. G. Wesnousky (2002) Assessment of site conditions of precariously balanced rocks in the Mojave Desert, southern California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92, 2139-2144. (PDF - 4.0MB)
  67. Anderson, J. G., Brune, J. N. , and S. G. Wesnousky (2002) Physical Phenomena controlling high-frequency seismic wave generation in earthquakes, in Proceedings of the Seventh US National Conference of Earthquake Engineering, July 21-25, Boston, Massachusetts, CD Rom, Paper # 00272, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Palo Alto, California.
  68. *Oswald, J. A. and S. G. Wesnousky (2002). Neotectonics and Quaternary geology of the Hunter Mountain Fault Zone and Saline Valley Region, southeastern California, Geomorphology, v. 42/3 , 255-278. (PDF - 2.3MB)
  69. Wesnousky, S. G., Seeber, L., Rockwell, T. K., Thakur, V., Briggs, R., Kumar, S., Ragona, D., (2001), Eight Days in Bhuj: Field report bearing on surface rupture and genesis of the January 26, 2001 Republic Day earthquake of India, Seismological Research Letters, 72, 514-524. (PDF - 9.0MB)
  70. Kumar, S., Wesnousky, S. G., Rockwell, T. K., Ragona, D., Thakur, V. C., and G. G. Seitz, (2001), Earthquake recurrence and rupture dynamics of Himalayan Frontal Thrust, India, SCIENCE, 294, December 14, 2328-2331. (PDF - 0.9MB)
  71. Wesnousky, S. G. (2001) The history of earthquakes in California and the role of neotectonics in the study of fault mechanics and seismic hazard, in El Eiesgo Sismico. Prevencion Y Seguro, editors: Capote del Villar, R. and Martinez Diaz, J., Fundacion General, Universidad Complutense Madrid, 53 - 68. (PDF - 6.1MB)
  72. Wesnousky, S. G. (2000). The Role of Neotectonics in the Study of Fault Mechanics and Seismic Hazard, in Active Fault Research for the Millenium, Proceedings of the Hokudan International Symposium and School on Active Faulting, 545-552. (PDF - 4.0MB)
  73. Caskey, S. J. and S. G. Wesnousky (2000) Active Faulting and Stress Redistributions in the Dixie Valley, Beowawe, and Bradys Geothermal Fields: Implications for Geothermal Exploration in the Basin and Range, Proceedings, Twenty-Fifth Workshop on Gothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, January 24-16, SGP-TR-165. (PDF - 23.1MB)
  74. *Adams, K. D., S. G. Wesnousky, and B. G. Bills (1999) Isostatic Rebound, Active Faulting, and Potential Geomorphic Effects in the Lake Lahontan Basin, Nevada and California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 111, 1739-1756. (PDF - 1.3MB)
  75. Wesnousky, S. G., Kumar, S., Mohindra, R., and Thakur, V. C. (1999). Holocene slip rate of the Himalayan Frontal Thrust of India, Observations near Dehra Dun: Tectonics, v. 18, p. 967-976. (PDF - 6.9MB)
  76. Wesnousky, S. G. Crustal Deformation Processes and the Stability of the Gutenberg-Richter Relationship, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 89, 1131-1137, 1999. (PDF - 4.9MB)
  77. Wesnousky, S.G., Hazard Assessment Based on Geology: History, Principles, and Examples, Himalayan Geology, 20, 113-115, 1999. (PDF - 2.1MB)
  78. *Adams, K. D., and S. G. Wesnousky (1999) The Lake Lahontan Highstand: Age, Surficial Characteristics, Soil Development, and Regional Correlation, in press, Geomorphology, 30, 357-392. (PDF - 5.0MB)
  79. Berryman, K., S. Beanland, and S. G. Wesnousky, (1998) Paleoseismicity of the Rotoitipakau Fault Zone, a Complex Normal Fault in the Taupo Volcanic zone, New Zealand (1998), New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 41, 449-465, 1998. (PDF - 12.4MB)
  80. *##Stirling, M. W., S. G. Wesnousky, and K. (1998) Seismic Hazard of New Zealand: A Multidisciplinary Approach, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 41, 355-375, 1998. (PDF - 13.9MB)
  81. *Adams K. D., and S. G. Wesnousky (1998) Shoreline Processes and the Age of the Lake Lahontan Highstand in the Jessup Embayment, Nevada, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 110, 1318-1332, 1998. (PDF - 1.0MB)
  82. *Stirling M. W. and S. G. Wesnousky (1998) Comparison of of Recent Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps in Southern California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 88, 855-861. (PDF - 5.0MB)
  83. *Stirling M. W. and S. G. Wesnousky, (1997) Do Historical Rates of Seismicity in Southern California Require the Occurrence of Earthquake Magnitudes Greater Than Would be Predicted from Fault Length, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87, 1662-1666. (PDF - 3.4MB)
  84. Wesnousky, S. G., (1997) Presidential Address: Seismic Hazard Analysis, Earthquake Prediction, and the SSA, Seismological Research Letters, 68, 763-765 . (PDF - 1.9MB)
  85. *Caskey, J. and Wesnousky, S. G., (1997) Static Stress Changes and Earthquake Triggering during the 1954 Fairview Peak and Dixie Valley Earthquakes, Central Nevada , Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87, 51-527
  86. *Adams, K. D. and S. G. Wesnousky, (1996) Shoreline Processes and the Age and Elevation of the Lake Lahontan Highstand in the Jessup Embayment, NV, in Appendix 2 of 1996 Pacific Cell Friends of the Pleistocene Field Trip 'Quaternary History, Isostatic Rebound and Active Faulting in the Lake Lahontan Basin, Nevada and California', edited by K.D. Adams and S. Fontaine. (PDF - 18.1MB)
  87. *Adams, K. D., and S. G. Wesnousky, (1996) Soil Development, Spatial Variability and the age of the Highest Late Pleistocene Lake Lahontan Shorelines, Northwestern Nevada and Northeastern California, Appendix 1 in 1996 Pacific Cell Friends of the Pleistocene Field Trip 'Quaternary History, Isostatic Rebound and Active Faulting in the Lake Lahontan Basin, Nevada and California', edited by K.D. Adams and S. Fontaine. (PDF - 6.8MB)
  88. Anderson, J. G., Wesnousky, S. G., and M. W. Stirling (1996), Earthquake Size as a Function of Fault Slip Rate, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86, 683-691. (PDF - 6.0MB)
  89. *Hirabayashi, C. K., T.K. Rockwell, S. G. Wesnousky, M.W. Stirling, and F. Suarez-Vidal (1996), A Neotectonic Study of the San Miguel-Vallecitos Fault, Baja California, Mexico, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v 86, 1170-1783. (PDF - 9.7MB)
  90. *Stirling, M. W., S. G. Wesnousky, and K. Shimazaki (1996), Fault Trace Complexity, Cumulative Slip, and the Shape of the Magnitude-frequency Distribution for Strike-slip faults: a global survey, Geophysical Journal International, 124, 833-868. (PDF - 14.0MB)
  91. Wesnousky, S. G. (1996), Reply to Yan Kagan's Comment on "The Gutenberg-Richter Earthquake Distribution, Which is it?", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 86, 286-291. (PDF - 4.2MB)
  92. *Caskey, S. J., Wesnousky, S. G., Zhang, P., and D. B. Slemmons (1996), Surface Faulting of the 1954 Fairview Peak (Ms=7.2) and Dixie Valley (Ms=6.8) Earthquakes, Central Nevada. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86, 761-787. (PDF - 22.5MB)
  93. *Kumamoto, T., S. G. Wesnousky, M. Okamura, H. Tsutsumi, N. Chida, K. Shimazaki, and T. Nakata (1995), Active Faults in Lake Tahoe, Western Part of the United States--a Preliminary Report, Active Fault Research, v. 13, 47-53. (PDF - 9.1MB)
  94. Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (Contributor), Seismic Hazards in Southern California: Probable Earthquakes, 1994 to 2024 (1995), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 85, 379-439. (PDF - 44.6MB)
  95. Wesnousky, S. G., The Gutenberg-Richter or Characteristic Earthquake Distribution, Which is it? (1994) Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 84, 1940-1959. (PDF - 13.5MB)
  96. Wesnousky, S.G., and L. *Leffler (1994), A Search for Paleoliquefaction and Evidence Bearing on the Recurrence Behavior of the Great 1811-12 New Madrid Earthquakes, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538-H, pp. 42. (PDF - 34.5MB)
  97. Wesnousky, S.G., and C. H. Jones (1994,) Oblique Slip, Slip Partitioning, Spatial and Temporal Changes in the Regional Stress Field, and the Relative Strength of Active Faults in the Basin and Range, Western United States, GEOLOGY, 22, 1031-1034. (PDF - 1.1MB)
  98. Petersen, M.D. and Wesnousky, S.G.(1994), Fault Slip Rates and Earthquake Histories for Active Faults in Southern California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America v. 84, no. 5, 1608-1649. (PDF - 26.6MB)
  99. Murphy*, J., and S. G. Wesnousky (1994), Seismic Hazard within the Greater San Francisco Bay Region: A Reevaluation after the Loma Prieta Earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1551-A, A255-A272.
  100. Hirabayashi, C. K., T. K. Rockwell, and S. Wesnousky (1993), Late Quaternary Activity of the San Miguel Fault,Northern Baja California, Mexico, in Geological Investigations in Baja California, South Coast Geological Society Inc. annual field trip guidebook, no. 21, 93-100.
  101. *Guang, Y., S. G. Wesnousky, and G. Ekstrom (1993), Slip Partitioning along Major Convergent Plate Boundaries, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 140, 183-210. ( (PDF - 11.8MB)
  102. Wesnousky, S.G., and L. Leffler (1992), On a Search for Paleoliquefaction in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Seismological Research Letters, v. 63, 343-348. (PDF - 4.5MB)
  103. Wesnousky, S.G., and L. Leffler (1992), The Repeat Time of the 1811-12 New Madrid Earthquakes: A Geological Perspective, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 82, 1756-1786. ( PDF - 18.9MB)
  104. Jones, C.H., and S.G. Wesnousky (1992), Variation in Strength and Slip Rate along the San Andreas Fault System, SCIENCE, 256, 83-86. (PDF - 1.0MB)
  105. Wesnousky, S.G., C.S. Prentice, and K.E. Sieh (1991), Offset Holocene Stream Channel and Rate of Slip along the Northern Reach of the San Jacinto Fault, San Bernardino Valley, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 103, p. 700-709, 1991. (PDF - 7.6MB)
  106. Wesnousky, S.G. (1990), Seismicity as a Function of Cumulative Geologic Offset: Some Observations from Southern California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 80, 1374-1381. (PDF - 3.3MB)
  107. *Leffler, L. and S.G. Wesnousky (1990), Liquefaction Features in the New Madrid Seismic Zone of Northeastern Arkansas and Southeastern Missouri, in Field Guide to the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, eds. M.J. Gucione and E.M. Rutledge, Friends of the Pleistocene South-Central Cell, 279-288, 1990.
  108. *Dziak, R. and S.G. Wesnousky (1990), Body-waveforms and source parameters of some moderate-sized earthquakes near North Island, New Zealand, Tectonophysics, v. 180, p. 273-286. (PDF - 6.4MB)
  109. *Pezzopane, S.K., and S.G. Wesnousky (1989), Earthquakes and Crustal Deformation in Taiwan, J. Geophys. Res. v. 94, 7250-7264. (PDF)
  110. Wesnousky, S.G., E.S. Schweig, and S.K. Pezzopane (1989), Extent and Character of Soil Liquefaction During the 1811-12 New Madrid Earthquakes, Annals New York Academy of Sciences, Annals New York Academy of Sciences, v. 558, 208-216. (PDF - 3.3MB)
  111. Wesnousky, S.G. (1989), Seismicity and the Structural Evolution of Strike-Slip Fault Zones, Proceedings of Conference, Fault Segmentation and Controls of Rupture Initiation and Termination, U.S.G.S. Open-File Report 89-315, 193-228. (PDF - 10.4MB)
  112. Wesnousky, S.G. (1988), Seismological and Structural Evolution of Strike-Slip Faults, Nature, 335, 340-343. (PDF - 0.6MB)
  113. Wesnousky, S.G., E. Schweig, and S. Pezzopane, (1987), Observations of Soil Liquefaction in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, in Proc. from the Symposium on 'Seismic Hazards, Ground Motions, Soil-Liquefaction, and Engineering Practice in Eastern North America', National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research Technical Report NCEER-87-0025, 494-503.
  114. Wesnousky, S.G. (1987), Geological Data and Seismic Hazard Analysis: Post and Future, Proceedings of Conference XXXIX, Directions in Paleoseismology, U.S.G.S. Open-File Report 87-673, 418-427. (PDF - 6.6MB)
  115. Wesnousky, S.G. (1986), An Evaluation of Seismic Hazard in California, in Proceedings of Third U.S. National Conference of Earthquake Engineering, 1, 185-196, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, El Cerrito, California.
  116. Wesnousky, S. G. (1986), Notes on Determining Probable Future Earthquakes in the Los Angeles Region, Proceedings of Seminar on 'Future Earthquake Losses in the Los Angeles, California Region', sponsored by the Earthquake Engineering Institute (EERI), Santa Monica, California. (PDF - 5.1MB)
  117. Wesnousky, S. G., L. Astiz and H. Kanamori (1986), Earthquake Multiplets in the Sourtheastern Solomon Islands, Physics of Earth and Planet. Interiors, 44, 304-318. (PDF - 7.3MB)
  118. Wesnousky, S. G. (1986), Earthquakes, Quaternary Faults, and Seismic Hazard in California, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 12587-12631. (PDF)
  119. Scholz, C. H., C. A. Aviles, and S. G. Wesnousky (1986), Stress-Drop Differences Between Large Intraplate Earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 76, 65-70. (PDF - 3.1MB)
  120. Webb, T. H., S. G. Wesnousky, and D. Helmberger (1985), A Body-Wave Analysis of the 1966 Gisborne, New Zealand, Earthquake, Tectonophysics, 113, 271-282. (PDF - 4.4MB)
  121. Wesnousky, S. G., L. Jones, and C. H. Scholz (1984), Historical Seismicity and Rates of Crustal Deformation along the Margins of the Ordos Block, North China, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 74, 1767-1783. (PDF - 8.0MB)
  122. Wesnousky, S. G., C. H. Scholz, K. Shimazaki, and T. Matsuda (1984), Integration of Geological and Seismological Data for the Analysis of Seismic Hazard: A Case Study of Japan, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 74, 687-708. (PDF - 13.8MB)
  123. Wesnousky, S. G., C. H. Scholz, and K. Shimazaki (1983), Earthquake Frequency Distribution and the Mechanics of Faulting, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 9331-9340. (PDF - 10.3MB)
  124. Wesnousky, S. G., C. H. Scholz, and K. Shimazaki (1982), Deformation of an Island Arc: Rates of Moment-Release and Crustal Shortening in Intraplate Japan Determined from Seismicity and Quaternary Fault Data, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 6829-2852. (PDF)
  125. Wesnousky, S. G. and C.H. Scholz (1980), The Craton: Its Effect on the Distribution of Seismicity and Stress in North America, Earth and Planet. Sci. Letts., 48, 348-355. (PDF - 4.6MB)
  126. *Graduate Student studying with Wesnousky
  127. ## 2000 Otto Glogau Award New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering